KYIV, May 4 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on partners to remove all taboos on weapons supply to Ukraine.

"The more powerful the weapon and the longer the fire range is, the more lives are saved from enemy strikes. So, cherishing the value of life and maintaining defensive taboos among allies who are supposed to protect life – is an obvious contradiction," he said in his address to the Dutch Parliament on Thursday.

KYIV, May 8 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects $42.2 billion in international financial assistance in 2023 and its reduction to $26.4 billion in 2024 and to $16.8 billion in 2025, according to the estimates given in the Inflation Report of the central bank.

KYIV, May 8 - Anxiety about the safety of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant grew Sunday after the Moscow-installed governor of the Ukrainian region where it is located ordered civilian evacuations, The Associated Press reported.

KYIV, April 7 - The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency on Sunday condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident.”

WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 - The United States is considering sending warships into the Black Sea in the next few weeks in a show of support for Ukraine amid Russia's increased military presence on Ukraine's eastern border, a US defense official told CNN Thursday.

KYIV, Apr. 8 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was visiting eastern Ukraine on Thursday, following a rise in tension with Russia over a long-running conflict, Reuters reported.

KYIV, April 8 – Parliament will hold an emergency session on Monday, three days later than planned, to debate and vote on legislation required for Ukraine to win lending from the International Monetary Fund.

WASHINGTON, April 8 - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it is "vital" that Ukrainian authorities reach agreement with their creditors by June, when the fund's next review of the country's $17.5 billion bailout is due, Reuters reported.

KIEV, April 6 – A proposal to set up a parliamentary commission to investigate alleged corruption in Ukraine's government is a "politically motivated" initiative, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said in a television program.

KIEV, April 7 – Parliament on Tuesday passed without discussion at second reading draft laws on amendments to the Budget Code on state investment projects (No. 2258) and on amendments to some Ukrainian laws on the protection of investors' rights (No. 2259) the approval of which is a pre-condition for receiving $500 million from the World Bank under the Development Policy Loan (DPL), and $300 million from the Japanese government.